Newly appointed Director of Public Works for Wicomico County Lee Beauchamp is pictured at the Newland Park Landfill in Wicomico County. The position had been vacant since 2008.

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After a scandal and five years without an official director, a Salisbury native has officially taken over the Wicomico County Department of Public Works.

Lee Beauchamp, who spent time as a civil engineer in the private sector and in government, has started making plans for the county's ailing roads and a potential revamp of its recycling program.­

"I think the biggest challenge we are going to have here is uniting the two divisions within public works, which is solid waste and roads," Beauchamp said. "I'd like to see us rebrand and unite the two divisions together." ...